"spokesdog" meaning in All languages combined

See spokesdog on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spokesdog.wav Forms: spokesdogs [plural]
Etymology: By analogy to spokeswoman, spokesperson, etc., formed with dog. Head templates: {{en-noun}} spokesdog (plural spokesdogs)
  1. (neologism, humorous) A canine mascot. Tags: humorous, neologism

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "By analogy to spokeswoman, spokesperson, etc., formed with dog.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spokesdogs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dogs",
          "orig": "en:Dogs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2008 January 19, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio\nThe scientists were thrilled, but a spokesdog for the dog community said the program was inadequate."
        }
      ],
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        "A canine mascot."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "canine",
          "canine"
        ],
        [
          "mascot",
          "mascot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism, humorous) A canine mascot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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}
{
  "etymology_text": "By analogy to spokeswoman, spokesperson, etc., formed with dog.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spokesdogs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spokesdog (plural spokesdogs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English neologisms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2008 January 19, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio\nThe scientists were thrilled, but a spokesdog for the dog community said the program was inadequate."
        }
      ],
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        "A canine mascot."
      ],
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        [
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          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "canine",
          "canine"
        ],
        [
          "mascot",
          "mascot"
        ]
      ],
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        "(neologism, humorous) A canine mascot."
      ],
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        "humorous",
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "spokesdog"
}

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